Korean slang profile
CIS
cis
Commonwealth of Independent States
A Roman-letter abbreviation for 독립국가연합 (Commonwealth of Independent States) used in the article of the time.
- Expanded form
- 독립국가연합독립국가연합 (Commonwealth of Independent States)
- Other spellings
- —
- Earliest source found
- Feb 10, 1998
- Documented trend period
- Not verified
This is the earliest source we have verified, not the date the term was coined.
01Examples, with English translations
- Example by Julimmal
지리 자료에 CIS 회원국의 위치가 표시돼 있다.
The geography material marks the locations of CIS member states.
02Documented history
No history documented.
03Origin & word formation
The body of a 1998 서울신문 article pairs the Korean name “독립국가연합” with “CIS”. The first user and time have not been verified.
Evidence for the origin explanationMedium
The definition follows the Korean name of the time. The full Roman-letter form and first use remain unverified.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- 북 벌목공 등 4명 귀순/CIS 은신중 유엔도움으로 (서울신문)Published Feb 10, 1998Original source checked Nov 15, 2026